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Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta has died at the age of 82. Born in the Dominican Republic, he was the only son of seven children. At the age of 18, he left the Dominican Republic to study in Spain, where he studied painting at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. While studying….

Esquire has named their “Sexiest Woman Alive” and this time it’s a Latina. The actress and model Penelope Cruz was named the “Sexiest Woman Alive” for 2014. This is not the first time Cruz has been in the spotlight. In 2009, she became the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award for her supporting….

And the award for Mother of the Year goes to Penelope Cruz. In a recent article, the beautiful mother of two confessed, “[Breastfeeding] is addictive. I was breastfeeding my son 13 months, and I plan to do the same with my daughter. It’s hard when the day comes when you have to stop.” For those….

This was a rough week for Latinos on television. Welcome to the Family, a show about unplanned pregnancy, was cancelled after just three weeks on NBC. However, this has been a great month in the theater. Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity continues to top the box office. Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills took violence to a new level…..

This year’s Oscars were a bust for Latinos. Berenice Bejo (“The Artist”), Emmanuel Lubezki (cinematographer of “Tree of Life”), and Demian Bichir (“A Better Life”) all lost. Lubezki is particularly a crime, as his “Tree of Life” is one of the most beautifully shot films we’ve seen in a long time. Next year doesn’t look….